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In the first 3 lessons dominant 7th chords built up from the root are 3 voice chords, but the surrounding chords are usually 4 voice chords. Is there some special reason for this?

In lesson 3's A Froggy Day (Someday My Prince) the first line has the EbM7 voiced 7135, which fits smoothly between D7 voiced 137 and G7 voiced 3b67b9, but in the 5th line the EbM7 is voiced higher 1357, which makes for an awkward jump down to the G7 voiced 3b67b9 again. Why is the EbM7 not voiced the second time as in the first? I prefer the easier to play version, of course. :-D

2Shlow, Sorry for cross posting, that's a good question, I'll look forward to the answer.

I wanted to say that the Solar video posted earlier got us a gig next week in a nearby embassy (they're all next to each other) for some sort of yearly event. That should be fun. Embassies ALWAYS have the best appetizers

we're just going for variety, the musical axiom is that anything done too long the same way gets way gets boring. Dom7 chords are voiced with 3 notes often because the 3 and b7 are sufficient to establish the basic dom sound, and with 1 tension added it often is cool.

I wanted to say that the Solar video posted earlier got us a gig next week in a nearby embassy (they're all next to each other) for some sort of yearly event. That should be fun. Embassies ALWAYS have the best appetizers

That's really exciting! I hope you enjoy it. And the appetizers.

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Yellow Floridian shirt, or red Hawaian shirt? What will it be?

Red. Either will suit your colouring. Red will make you appear more confident.

Congrats Knotty. The Solar vid was pro.So where do you get your shirt collection from ? I will need to wear my sunnies to watch you and Sonny Rollins.I would wear a color that represents the country of the Embassy. So a yellow shirt if it's Australia.

That's interesting Dave. I agree and will try out in my improv practice today to highlight the shift in tonality between C maj and A min.Previously I was trying to create minimal movement in the LH thumb.

Did anyone else find Here's that rainy day a difficult tune to absorb? I'm nearly done with Precipitation, and will record soon. But I'd like to sing the standard along to the chords. I've been listening to the song for two weeks. That's normally enough. Have I just lost it?

As an aside, I've also been trying to learn Poisoning pigeons, and that's also stumping me.

Thank you very much Dave, Knotty and Ten. I love improvising even though it's the hardest thing about my practice every day.I spent 2.5 weeks on C maj/A min and am extremely comfortable with it now. I'm prepared to spend this long per each of the six maj/rel min. Can't wait to start on F maj/ D min today.Thanks for your help and support.

Watch your d-6. You can simply use D F A B, or once in a while, move it higher to FABE.The E- sounds good with an A instead of the G also. You can try moving the A7 up once in a while to G Bb C# F, or G Bb C# E, or even both.

Try a few variety of inversions. For G-7, try this: A Bb D F, to C7 A Bb D E, or G Bb D E. Fmaj rooted is fine sometimes F A C E, or pop some color with F G A C E, or remove the F.

Anyway, pick one you like and stick to it for a while so you don't have to think about the LH too much. Just some options, all in the book.

Thanks for the comments on Skid scat. I admit I did a lot of work on this one. I associate the rhythm I hear with the running image on Transcribe of the different solos. Without that, I don't think I'd be able to do it. Having said that, I'm not sure Louis would be able to replicate things accurately either. He seems to make a principle of doing it different every time. He just finds lots of ways to make it different.

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I'm not sure what you mean about transposing Rainy Day into 12 keys, only need to do that with hanons and chord voicings..

No fear!

I mean I can't hold the tune in my head. Strange for me as I don't have perfect pitch. You know when you're about to sing 'For he's a jolly good...' and someone else starts a fraction before you, in a key different from what you were going to sing, so you just join in their key? That's what I can't do with this song. It's not a big deal. I've just been using these songs for practising guitar chords, and I'd quite like to feel I've got it down. It's just marginally more fun than the exercises in the guitar book.

Hanon 4 I found really tricky at first. I've not been practising as in the book, with a distinct sustain and challenge tempo. What I do is start slow, probably under 100, then with each key I move the metronome up a notch. It is a literal notch, as it's a mechanical one. I go as far as I can, or till I get fed up, or till someone in the house complains. Today I got to the point it fell apart HT, and I could only do hands separate. That was at 176.

Just researching Sugar before doing lesson 5 (Sweet and Low). I'm finding several Sugars. Can someone let me know which corresponds to lesson 5? Thanks. Also, if anyone can recommend an artist who sings just the simple song, I'd be really grateful.